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| no partners | | | Family went to Michigan so I had free weekend. I called up cousin Stephen and we made it happen. I have been wanting to do this hike for some time and it definitely lived up to the expectations. On the drive in from seven springs we saw about 6-7 mule deer. We parked about a mile away from the creek and walked the rest. That road gets real gnarly as it descends to the creek. We did not see anyone at all past the Tangle Creek road. The hike down Red Creek was real nice even though its mostly just a road. There are some real nice lush areas through there and the whole time cactus stand sentinel above the canyons walls. Saw some of the biggest saguaros I have ever seen. Some had arms on arms on arms. Stevie spotted a "funny looking lizard" which was a gila monster crossing the path. Made it to the airstrip in 2 hours and enjoyed some moon juice. There are tools to keep the runway clean, a bottle of lighter fluid and we noticed the fire pit was still warm with some coals still burning so this 'airport' must get regular use (apparently by people who dont know how to properly extinguish a fire). The plan was to cross the Verde and hike a short ways down to Wet Bottom Creek and find a camp spot some where near there. After bushwhacking through bamboo for about an hour and getting nowhere, we decided to go back and camp on the other side of the river. Instead of bushwhacking back, we opted to climb a small hill to try to find the actual trail. We did find the Verde River Trail and followed that back to the rapids and the crossing. I'm not sure why we wanted to go across anyway because that spot right at the end of Red Creek is preemo, one of the best spots I have ever camped at. If I brought a good book and a fishing pole, I could have stayed there for a week or longer. I have never seen so many birds in my life. Literally hundreds of them flying all over the river. Gabby dog had a great time playing in the water. Stevie Wonder and I had a great time just relaxing at this wonderful destination and enjoying the finest $10 bourbon. Got a little sprinkled on but nothing much. Hiked back out the next day and decided to take Bloody Basin Road instead of Cave Creek Road. In the future I would take Cave Creek Road anyday over Bloody Basin Road. I also lost my favorite DBacks cap on that road as we stopped to let the dog out for a while, so if anyone happens to spot it out there, get at me!! We also just missed a pretty bad wreck on the 17 coming back to Phoenix, so just another reason to go Cave Creek Road instead. Overall a great trip and will definitely come back to that spot again! |
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